Nova Heck, just your usual teenage girl, is trying to find her place in the world. She lives a pretty average life with her mum, who's also her best friend) - no big accomplishments or significant events yet. But she's young, adventurous and edgy, so who knows what fate has in store?
When school breaks up for summer, she and her mum travel to Australia for their annual fortnight's holiday to see the family. Every year is the same. Nothing much happens. She can almost predict their routine. But this year, something weird happens as soon as they set foot in Oz and Nova is tested to the max both mentally and physically. She lurches from one disaster to the next, making one bad decision after another. Bad luck is her constant companion.
Her jam-packed schedule leaves little time for herself. And when a handsome, special boy enters her life and her emotions and hormones are flying around at such breakneck speed, she gets so overwhelmed and stressed out she has no choice but to run. Nova slowly begins to realise her strengths. She gets tougher ... she learns how to push through the traumas and help those who are crying out for her support ... and she knows that with her family's help she can change the world.
Will Nova finally discover her destiny? Will life ever be pretty average again? Find out in Nova's exhilarating, heart-stopping story that will keep you captivated from the start.